Key case



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Patented May 17, 1949 KEY CASE Springfield, Mass., assignor Douglas J. Broughton,

Buxton, Incorporated, Springfield, Mass., a

corporation of Massachusetts Application September 3, 1946, Serial No. 694,547

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to an improvement in key cases, and more particularly to an improvement in the structure by which the key supporting plate is secured to the case.

One object of the invention is to provide a mounting in which the means by which the supporting plate is fastened in place is hidden, resulting in a neater appearance, and in which the plate and its fastening and any mechanism carried by the plate is protected from dirt and dame.

Other and further objects residing in the de tails of the construction will be made apparent in the following specification and claim.

In the accompanying drawing which shows an illustrative embodiment of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a front view of an open key case embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a section substantially on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a section Fig. 2; and

Figs. 4 and 5 are fragmentary views, similar to Fig. 2, but showing modified constructions.

Referring to the drawings the case is shown as comprising a back member I and two side portions 2 and 3 hinged to the back member. An attaching marginal portion 4, extending from the upper edge of back member I is folded downwardly as shown in Fig. 2.

A center panel member generally indicated at 5 overlies the center portion 1. As shown in Fig. 2 the upper edge of member 5 is stitched at *6 to the marginal portion 4 to hingedly connect the panel member to the back member I of the case. The portion of the panel member adjacent the hinge is reversely folded to form rear, intermediate and front members indicated at 1, "8 and 9 respectively.

A key supporting member of any suitable type and generally indicated at [0, includes a key holder connecting portion, such as the cylindrical portion 1 I, to which suitable key holders 12 are swiveled in any suitable manner, and a plate portion l3. The plate portion 13 is positioned in the fold between members 1 and 8 and fastening means, such as rivets l4, extend through members 1 and 8 and plate 13 to secure the key supporting member to the case. The outer member 9 of the panel extends downwardly over the fassubs'tantially on line 33 of tening means l4 completely hiding the latter, while the plate I2 is protected by members 1 and 8.

If desired a piece l5 may be stitched to the rear face of the lower end portion of member 9 to provide a pocket I 6.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 4 the panel member 5 is formed as an integral extension of the back member I, the hinge connection being formed by the fold I 7. In this form the members 1, 8 and 9 are provided by reversely folding the upper portion of the panel as previously described.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the marginal portion 4 is extended sufiiciently to form member 1, the members 8 and 9 being formed by a single fold at the upper portion of the panel.

I claim:

In a key case having a back member, a panel member comprising rear, intermediate and front members, the rear member being hinged to the upper edge of the back member of the case, a key supporting member having a key holder connecting portion and a plate portion depending therefrom, said plate portion being positioned between the rear and intermediate panel members, fastening means extending through said rear and intermediate panel members and said plate portion to secure the key supporting member to the case, the key holder connecting portion of the key supporting member being exposed above and along the upper edge of the intermediate panel member, the front panel member extending from the upper edge of the intermediate panel member and being folded downwardly over said fastening means.

DOUGLAS J. BROUGHTON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,553,445 Holmes Sept. 15, 1925 1,688,215 Weissbrod Oct. 16, 1928 1,858,963 Mensman May 17, 1932 1,993,317 Bloemsma Mar. 5, 1935 2,183,453 Halvorsen Dec. 12, 1939 2,360,675 Hawes Oct. 17, 1944 

